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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 31, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 31, 1971 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Farmer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Coleman |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Russ Goetz 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ted Uhlaender | Left Fielder |
| Vada Pinson | Center Fielder |
| Roy Foster | Right Fielder |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Ray Fosse | Catcher |
| Eddie Leon | Second Baseman |
| Fred Stanley | Shortstop |
| Ed Farmer | Pitcher |
| Johnny Lipon | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Jim Northrup | Center Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Joe Coleman | Pitcher |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 31, 1971
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Coleman
Uhlaender hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Coleman
Pinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Coleman
Foster hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Coleman
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Coleman
Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Farmer
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Farmer
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Farmer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Farmer
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kaline vs. Farmer
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rodriguez tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Farmer
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Coleman
Fosse hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Coleman
Leon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Coleman
Stanley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Farmer
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Farmer
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Farmer
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farmer vs. Coleman
Farmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Uhlaender vs. Coleman
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Coleman
There goes Uhlaender. The throw from Freehan and he is out, Brinkman applying the tag. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Coleman
Pinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Coleman
There goes Pinson. The throw from Freehan and he is out, McAuliffe applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Farmer
Coleman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Farmer
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Coleman moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rodriguez vs. Farmer
Rodriguez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Farmer
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kaline vs. Farmer
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Coleman
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Coleman
Nettles strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Coleman
Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fosse vs. Coleman
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Farmer
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Farmer
Northrup hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Farmer
Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Farmer
Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coleman vs. Farmer
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Coleman
Leon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Coleman
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farmer vs. Coleman
Farmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Farmer
McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Farmer
Rodriguez hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Farmer
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Farmer
Kaline is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Farmer
Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Ballinger
Mark Ballinger now pitching.
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ballinger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Coleman
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Uhlaender for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Coleman
Pinson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Coleman
Foster strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Ballinger
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Ballinger
Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Ballinger
Coleman is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Coleman
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Coleman
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Coleman
Fosse hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leon vs. Coleman
Leon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Ballinger
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Ballinger
There's a wild pitch. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Ballinger
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Ballinger
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Ballinger
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley misplays the ball. That's an error on Stanley. McAuliffe moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cash vs. Ballinger
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores. Brown scores. Kaline moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Northrup vs. Ballinger
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it and throws to home to get Kaline. Cash moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Ballinger
Freehan hits a line drive into left field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Coleman
Jim Northrup now playing left field. Mickey Stanley now playing center field.
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Coleman
Frank Baker pinch hits for Mark Ballinger.
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards second. McAuliffe scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Coleman
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Hennigan
Phil Hennigan now pitching.
Brinkman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Hennigan
Coleman bunts towards the mound. Hennigan fields it and throws to first for the out. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Hennigan
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Hennigan
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Coleman
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Coleman
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Coleman
Nettles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1971, game 1 -- Cleveland at Detroit (N)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Uhlaender T, lf 4 0 0 0 McAuliffe D, 2b 4 2 3 1
Pinson V, cf 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 5 1 0 0
Foster R, rf 4 1 1 1 Brown G, lf 3 2 2 0
Nettles G, 3b 3 0 0 0 Stanley M, cf 0 0 0 0
Chambliss C, 1b 3 0 1 0 Kaline A, rf 3 0 0 1
Fosse R, c 3 0 1 0 Cash N, 1b 4 1 3 4
Leon E, 2b 3 0 0 0 Northrup J, cf-lf 4 0 0 0
Stanley F, ss 2 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 4 0 0 0
Farmer E, p 2 0 1 0 Brinkman E, ss 4 0 2 0
Ballinger M, p 0 0 0 0 Coleman J, p 2 0 0 0
Baker F, ph 1 0 0 0
Hennigan P, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 1 4 1 33 6 10 6
Cleveland 100 000 000 -- 1
Detroit 100 030 20x -- 6
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Farmer E (L) 4.2 8 4 4 1 1
Ballinger M 2.1 1 2 1 2 1
Hennigan P 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman J (W) 9.0 4 1 1 3 3
E -- Stanley F
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Cleveland 3, Detroit 8
HR -- Foster R, McAuliffe D, Cash N
CS -- Uhlaender T, Pinson V
SH -- Coleman J
SF -- Kaline A
WP -- Ballinger M
T -- 2:19
A -- 0
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